Gene expression analysis of ABC efflux transporters, CYP1A and GSTα in Nile tilapia after exposure to benzo(a)pyrene

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-482

  Costa, Joana ^a,b   Reis Henriques, Maria Armanda ^a   Castro, L Filipe C ^a   Ferreira, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ABC transporters; Cytochrome P450; Fish; Glutathione S transferase alpha detoxification; Oreochromis niloticus

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GILL; INTESTINE; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 84858794993     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: 18781659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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